Development of the thyroid gland: Lessons from congenitally hypothyroid mice and men

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 445-455

  Van Vliet, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congenital hypothyroidism; Organogenesis; Thyroid development; Thyroid dysgenesis; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; ECTOPIC THYROID GLAND; GENE MUTATION; GOITER; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FOLLICLE CELL; THYROID GLAND;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; THYROID GLAND; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0042632714     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.2003.00107.x     Document Type: Review

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